Vaalee

<p>Deva and Shiva are twin brothers. Deva, the elder one is deaf and mute, but he is a genius, an expert at lip-reading and the head of a successful advertising company. Shiva loves and trusts his brother. Priya wants to only marry someone who is an ex-smoker, an ex-drunkard and ditched by a girl but still pining for her. Learning this, Shiva invents an old romance between him and Sona and finds his way into Priya’s heart. Deva meanwhile chances upon Priya and becomes obsessed with attaining her. His obsession continues even after his younger brother marries the girl of his dreams and he devises various means of getting close to Priya while keeping Shiva and her separated. Some of the methods Deva uses to woo Priya are masochistic (wounding his hand by a running car engine to stop the couple’s first night) and psychotic (trying to kill his brother in so many ways). While Shiva is away, Priya has to take care of Deva. Priya realises the not-so-honourable intentions Deva has towards her but Shiva refuses to believe her and has full faith in his brother. He even goes so far as to take Priya to a psychiatrist. To get away from it all, Shiva and Priya go on a long-delayed honeymoon. But Deva shows up there too. Shiva watches Deva kissing the photo of Priya and realises Priya was right all along. Deva beats Shiva mercilessly, packs the unconscious Shiva in a gunny bag and throws him in a lorry. Deva disguises himself as Shiva and goes near Priya. Priya realises he is Deva and escapes from him before shooting him with her revolver. Deva falls into a pool and dies. Deva’s soul talks about his inability to express his feelings as he was mute. Shiva arrives and she narrates the whole incident to him. They hug tearfully. The film was launched on 27 July 2001 at Kanteerava Studios. The negative role of Sudeep marked a contrast to his then lover boy image. The soundtrack was composed by , reusing all the tunes from the original Tamil version, which was originally composed by . Actor sang two songs for this film, marking his debut as a playback singer.</p>